March 6, 2014

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By Shawn MillerNDW Public Affairs

The Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society(NMCRS) kicked off its annual active dutyfund drive with a ceremony at the Pentagon,March 4.

The drive, designed to raise funds neces-sary to financially assist Navy and MarineCorps personnel and NMCRS programs, willrun for six weeks until April 11.

The NMCRS raises funds for programsand support services through repaymentof interest-free loans, proceeds from thriftshops, the reserve fund, and most of all,contributions. Last year, the fund driveraised $9.9 million nationally. Locally inthe National Capital Region (NCR) last year,the NMCRS assisted nearly 1,300 activeduty and retired Sailors, Marines, and theirfamilies, providing more than $1 million infinancial assistance.

“The fund drive is very critical for someof the young Sailors out there who don’thave a lot of financial experience,” saidMaster Chief Petty Officer Tyrone Block-ton, assistant to the 2014 NCR campaign.

“This program affords them an opportunityto learn how to manage their money, howto better manage their finances, and also ithelps them in cases of emergencies.”

Blockton explained the goal of the cam-paign is not only 100 percent contact withpersonnel, but stressed meaningful contactthat goes beyond simply asking for donations.

“In meaningful contact, you’re actuallyexplaining what the program is all about, ex-plainingmembers of the program, history ofthe program, and how it’s best set up to helpyour shipmates,” he said.

In the 2013 drive, 48 percent of the con-tributions to the campaign came from ac-tive-duty Sailors andMarines helping fellowactive-duty members in need, with another12% coming from military retirees.

Blockton said he began donating to thedrive as soon as he enlisted more than 20years ago, but wasn’t aware of all the ben-efits that came from the program. He saidhe missed a family funeral because of a lackof finances, not knowing he was eligible foraid through the NMCRS. Now, he wants to

Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Begins Annual Fund Drive

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Pedro Rodriguez

USMC Maj. Gen. (Ret) Carl Jensen, Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society(NMCRS) executive vice president and chief operating officer, right, speaksto various commands’ key persons during the 2014 NMCRS active dutyfund drive kickoff. The active duty fund drive, benefiting NMCRS, runsthrough April 11 and its theme for this year is “Be Their Safety Net!” with agoal of speaking to every Sailor and Marine about the great things beingdone by NMCRS. See Drive, Page 6

By Shawn MillerNDW Public Affairs

As Naval District Washington (NDW)pushes to execute its energy mission ofpromoting positive command, conserva-tion and behavior change, Navy leadersare looking to installation energy managers(IEMs) to help shape energy culture acrossthe region.

Funded by Commander, Naval Installa-tions Command, IEMs track energy usageat bases, facilitate new projects, and meetwith leadership to tackle a variety of ener-gy challenges. “Fundamental to building asustainable NDW Energy Culture in accor-dance with the NDW Energy Policy State-ment are results driven efforts by our IEMsand installation energy teams (IETs) tosupport their respective installation com-manding officer and supported command-ers,” said Lt. Cmdr. Keith Benson, NDWenergy director.

Nomatter howmany projects are started,however, personnel must buy in and have avested interest in the energy mission, saidWilliam Ortega-Ortiz, energy manager atNaval Support Activity (NSA) Bethesda.

“Ultimately, it’s raising awareness of notjust the metrics and those numbers as far ashowmuch consumption is taking place,” hesaid. “It’s also in leveraging that informationand educating our personnel and commandto understand that energy culture applies toeveryone at the installation.”

Beyond simply being an ambassadorfor energy, Ortega-Ortiz said his challengeis balancing the need for conservation andpositive culture with maintaining missionreadiness across the installation, particular-ly at Walter Reed National Military MedicalCenter (WRNMMC), where critical patientcare requires vast amounts of energy usage.

“The way that we’ve been able to gar-ner their support is attempting to leveragetheir projects and behavior modificationsin a way in which we are passively makingtheir systems smarter,” said Ortega-Ortiz.The low-hanging fruit, he said, was sim-ply replacing outdated steam traps in theWRNMMC infrastructure to make the facil-ity run more efficiently.

Cmdr. Burr Vogel, NSA Bethesda publicworks officer and Ortega-Ortiz’s boss, said

Energy Managers Educating Personnel, Creating Culture

U.S. Navy photo by Patrick Gordon

Jody Davenport, Naval District Washington (NDW) Smart Grid Pilot programmanager, explains the smart grid with a demo unit during a tour of theWashington Navy Yard’s smart grid capabilities last year. Across NDW, en-ergy managers are facilitating projects and educating personnel about util-ity consumption and efficiency to promote a better energy culture.See Culture, Page 6

The WaterlineCommandant, Naval District Washington

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“I think all of us helping to help oneanother, as all part of our family, itmakes sense.”

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By Paul TaylorNaval History and HeritageCommand

The Naval War College Library in New-port, R.I. publicly unveiled online the4,000-page “Gray Book” collection of FleetAdm. Chester Nimitz communications thatstarted in the wake of the Pearl Harbor at-tack and ran right up until the closing daysof the war.

The event was held Feb. 24 to commem-orate Nimitz’s 129th birthday.

“There’s perhaps no greater champion offreedom in the history of the United StatesNavy than Chester Nimitz and his leader-ship of the Pacific Fleet during World WarII,” said Naval War College President RearAdm. Walter E. “Ted” Carter, Jr.

Naval History and Heritage Command’sOperational Archives, which possesses thephysical collection, provided expertise andsupport to the Naval War College effort topublish the high-quality, digital version ofthe documents.

The WWII historic treasure, named forthe color of its original cover, is a daily re-cord of the combat situation in the PacificTheater and responses of the Commanderin Chief, Pacific, and Pacific Ocean Areas(Nimitz) throughout the war. Staff-memberCapt. James Steele began it on the day PearlHarbor was attacked and ended it on Aug.31, 1945, just two days before the formal endof the war.

“I’ve seen the collection and it’s really anational treasure,” said Capt. Henry Hen-drix, Ph.D., director of the Naval Historyand Heritage Command. “They clearly re-veal what Nimitz thought was important,which gives the reader a great deal of insightinto how his experiences both operationallyand at the Naval War College informed andinfluenced his prosecution of the war. I’mextremely pleased we can now share it withresearchers, the American public, and Sail-ors past and present. I’m eager to see thecollection discussed and to demonstrate thecontinued relevance of leveraging history inthe decision-making process.”

Nimitz was assigned to relieve Adm. Hus-

band Kimmel, and arrived in Pearl Harboron Christmas Day, 1941. Nearly three yearslater, he was advanced to the newly createdrank of Fleet Admiral - five stars. Less thana year later, Sept. 2, 1945, he signed the in-strument of the Japanese surrender aboardthe battleship USS Missouri (BB 63) in To-kyo Bay.

“You’re getting the whole picture, fromthe South Pacific to the Aleutians, and pick-ing up on the progress of the war,” said Rob-ert Cressman, a historian at NHHC.

Including records from individual ships,readers can see how each piece fit intothe larger whole while the war was rag-ing around them. The physical collectionconsists of 4,030 single-sided pages filling28 banker’s boxes held at the OperationalArchives at the Washington Navy Yard inWashington, D.C. The size and complexityof the document reflects the magnitude ofthe job Nimitz undertook commanding thePacific fleet controlling the expanse of the

Nimitz’s WWII ‘Diary’ Unveiled Online

See Diary, Page 6

Why is the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society annual fund drive important?

Around the Yard

Photos by Shawn Miller

U.S. Navy photo

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN,Commander in Chief Pacific Fleetand Pacific Ocean Areas conferswith south Pacific area officers, pos-sibly aboard USS Argonne (AG-31) atNoumea, New Caledonia, on 28 Sep-tember 1942. Those present are, fromleft to right: Major General Richard K.Sutherland, U.S. Army, Chief of Staffto General MacArthur; Admiral Nimitz;Vice Admiral Robert L. Ghormley,Commander South Pacific Force; andMajor General Millard F. Harmon, US-AAF, Commanding General U.S. ArmyForces South Pacific Area.

March 61822 - USS Enterprise captures four pi-

rate ships in Gulf of Mexico1862 - USS Monitor departed New York

for Hampton Roads, VA1942 - U.S. Cruisers and destroyers bom-

bard Vila and Munda, Solomon Islands,sinking 2 Japanese destroyers

1945 - First two Navy flight nurses landon an active battlefield (Iwo Jima): Nurse(with relative rank of Ensign) Jane Kend-eigh, USNR, and Chief Nurse (with relativerank of Lieutenant j.g.) Emily G. Purvis, USN

March 71958 - Commissioning of USS Grayback,

first submarine built from keel up withguided missile capability, to fire Regulus IImissile.

1960 - USS Kearsarge (CVS-33) rescues4 Russian soldiers from their landing craft1,000 miles from Midway Island, which wasdrifting several weeks after their enginefailed off Kamchatka Peninsula.

1966 - Department of Navy reorganizedinto present structure under CNO

1967 - PBRs assists Operation Overload IIin Rung Sat Zone, Vietnam

1968 - Operation Coronado XII begins inMekong Delta, Vietnam

1994 -Navy issuesfirst orders towomenas-signed aboard combat ship, USS Eisenhower

March 81854 - CommodoreMatthew Perry opens

treaty negotiations with Japan1862 - Ironclad ram CSS Virginia de-

stroys USS Cumberland and Congress1945 - Phyllis Daley becomes first Afri-

can-American Ensign, Navy Nurse Corps1958 - Battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64)

is decommissioned, leaving the Navy with-out an active battleship for the first timesince 1895.

1965 - Seventh Fleet lands first majorMarine units in South Vietnam at Danang

March 91798 - Appointment of first surgeon U.S.

Navy, George Balfour1847 - Commodore David Connor leads

successful amphibious assault near VeraCruz, Mexico

1862 - First battle between ironclads,USS Monitor and CSS Virginia

1914 - Test of wind tunnel at WashingtonNavy Yard

March 101783 - USS Alliance (CAPT John Barry)

defeats HMS Sybil in final naval action ofRevolution in West Indies waters

1933 - Pacific Fleet provides assistanceafter earthquake at Long Beach, CA

1945 - Navy and civilian nurses internedat Los Banos, Philippines flown back to U.S.Navy nurses awarded Bronze Star.

1948 -Firstuseof jets assigned tooperation-al squadron (VF-5A) on board a carrier (Boxer)

March 111935 - Birth of Naval Security Group

when OP-20G became the CommunicationsSecurity Group

1941 - President Franklin D. Rooseveltsigns Lend-Lease Act

1942 - In a PT boat, LCDR John Bulke-ley leaves the Philippines to take GeneralDouglas MacArthur to Australia

1945 - Use of first Navy landing craft tocross Rhine River at Bad Neuenahr

1965 - Market Time patrols begin offSouth Vietnam coast

March 121917 - All Americanmerchant ships to be

armed in war zones1942 - President FranklinD. Roosevelt des-

ignates Admiral Ernest J. King to serve as theChief of Naval Operations, as well as the Com-mander-in-Chief,United States Fleet towhichhe was appointed on 30 December 1941.

1956 - Infirst overseas deployment ofNavymissile squadron, VA-83 left on USS Intrepid

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1862 - First battle between ironclads, USS Monitor and CSS Virginia

U.S. Navy photo

As Earth Day 2014 approaches, the Naval District Washington (NDW)Community Service Program is calling for volunteers for a Potomac Riv-er Water Clean-Up day along the Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling shoreline,scheduled for April 5 at 9 a.m. at the Slip Inn. The event is slated to be fol-lowed by an Earth Day celebration at the Slip Inn featuring a chili cook-off and blessing of the Marina Fleet, as well as games and prizes. To reg-ister as a volunteer, visit www.navdistwash.org or call (202) 433-6854.

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Centralized SchedulingMilitary and Family Support Center

(MFSC) located on Joint Base AnacostiaBolling introduces a comprehensive cen-tralized scheduling service for your indi-vidual appointment needs. One call to ourscreeners gets you an appointment forpre-separation briefs, employment servic-es, clinical counseling, personal financialmanagement, relocation, deployment and ahost of other programs and services. MFSCis here to support you and stands ready toassist with every career and life change.Contact our Centralized Scheduling Centerfor individual, marriage and family counsel-ing, individual resume assistance, financialcounseling, relocation assistance or deploy-ment/reintegration support. Please call202-685-6019 to schedule an appointment.

CAREER SUPPORTAND RETENTION

The Transition AssistanceManagement Program (TAMP)

Offers an array of services and benefitsto transitioning service members, includingcomputers setup for individuals to go onlineto different job banks, college and scholar-ship resources and career assessment tools.Resume Writing Workshops are offeredwhich includes Federal Resume WritingInterview Skills, information on veterans’benefits and a professional resource library;Two TAP Seminars and one Executive TAPSeminar - five-day programs - are offeredmonthly sponsored by the departments ofLabor and Veteran Affairs, and include in-formation that will benefit the transitioningmilitary member.

Family Employment ReadinessProgram (FERP)

Offers seven basic services, which in-clude job search strategies, job readiness,resource information, job referral service,individual counseling assistance, careerplanning and links to education and volun-teer opportunities.

Improve your speaking skills withHelmsmen Toastmasters

Join us Thursdays, 7:30-8:45 a.m., atthe Pentagon Library and ConferenceCenter. Toastmasters is an internationalorganization that helps everyone speak,think, lead and listen better. For more info,contact Carl Sabath at carl.sabath@osd.mil, 703-695-2804, or Elizabeth Femriteat elizabeth.m.femrite.civ@mail.mil, 571-256-8674. Remember, great Helmsmensay, “Yes!” To learn more about HelmsmenToastmasters, visit http://helmsmen.toast-mastersclubs.org

Pre-Separation BriefingsService members preparing to transition

from military to civilian life are requiredby law to attend a pre-separation counsel-ing briefing. The pre-separation brief is de-signed to make transitioning military mem-bers aware of all the services and benefitsavailable to them and their family membersunder Transition GPS. These briefings will

provide the information necessary to makemore informed decisions. For your conve-nience the pre-separation counseling brief-ing is available through one-on-one ap-pointments at Military and Family SupportCenter and can be made through Central-ized Scheduling at 202-685-6019.

DEPLOYMENT READINESS/FAMILY SERVICES

Personal Financial Management (PFM)Program offers individual and family fi-

nancial counseling, financial classes, andis responsible for the Command Financialspecialist training in the Region (NDW).

Life Skills EducationProvides presentations to help com-

mands meet requirements, as well as en-hance operational and personal readinessincluding parenting skills training, couplescommunication, anger and stress man-agement, conflict resolution, Child AbuseAwareness, Spouse Abuse Awareness andsuicide prevention. Trainings can be cus-tomized to fit needs of the command.

New Parent Support Program (NPS)Assists new parents in coping with the

demands of parenting and military lifethrough parenting education and train-ing and home visits to new parents priorto delivery and after delivery; informationand referral for military and community re-sources; child development screenings andmonitoring. All active duty members andtheir families who are pregnant and or havechildren in the home from infancy to threeyears old are eligible for these home visita-tion services.

Deployment/mobilization/readinessAssisting Sailors and family members pre-

pare for deployment, manage separationsand reunite and reintegrate with families andcommunity through services including theFamily Accountability and Assessment Sys-tem, Individual augmentee (IA) Indoc Courseand Deployed Family Fun Days.

Exceptional Family MemberProgram (EFMP)

Provides assistance to service memberswith special needs children and familymembers with medical needs including re-source referral to medical, counseling andeducational services, support groups andcare providers. Assists in finding duty sta-tions where needs are met. Mandatory en-rollment per OPNAVINST 1754.2D.

New PHA ProcessThe purpose of this policy is to inform

all tenants of the new PHA process at theBranch Health Clinic Washington NavyYard. In attempts to alleviate the daily PHAcongestion, patients will now have an ap-pointed date and time to complete theirPHA. PHAs will be scheduled through theappointments line, 202-433-3132, and theservice member will be complete theirPHA on the provided date and time. PHAswill not be completed without a hard copyof the services member’s medical record.The patients’ medical record must eitherbe maintained at the Branch Health ClinicWashington Navy Yard or the patient mustphysically bring in their medical record.

If you have specific questions, please

direct your questions to me or the MedicalReadiness Department Leading Petty Of-ficer, HM2 Matteson, Althea, althea.mat-teson@med.navy.mil , office 202-433-6713.

Boys and Girls Club volunteersThe Boys and Girls Club of Greater Wash-

ington needs volunteer coaches for theiryouth baseball league for 10-year-olds and12-year-olds. For more information or tosign up, call 512-560-5548 from 7 a.m.-5 p.m.or email Michael.martinez@afncr.af.mil.

Toastmasters Club seeks membersThe Bolling Toastmasters Club is avail-

able for everyone on JBAB as a place to prac-tice your leadership skills. Toastmastersclubs are where leaders are made, and lead-ership starts with good communication.The program is self-paced, and it works. TheBolling Toastmasters Club meets Wednes-days from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. at the JBABChapel Center. Visitors are welcome. Formore information, call Jim Queen at 301-452-6931.

Military and Family Support OffersResume Review

Call for appointment | 202-685-6019Military and Family Support Center of-

fers a one-on-one resume review sessionfor those that are job seeking. Knowledge-able staff will sit down with you and reviewyour resume and assist you in developing aresults-oriented resume. Having a solid andeffective resume can greatly improve yourchances of landing an interview. Accordingto a recent study from TheLadders, recruitersspend just six seconds scanning your resumefor certain information. Will your resumemake it in those six seconds? Your resumeshould portray your skills, talents, careerhighlights and make you stand out from thecrowd. Focusing on your accomplishmentsvs. simple job experience and using keywords can open the door for an interview.

Download the Free “ABSalute” AppThe JBAB Warfighter & Family Readi-

ness Marketing Department developed afree smartphone application, bringing itsresources to customers and employees on amobile platform. Perfect for iPhone and An-driod devices.

“ABSalute” is a fast and easy-to-use appli-cation designed to allow quick access to eventsand programs. Download the app and receivethe latest information about MWR, as well asWarfighter and Family Readiness programs.

The app features:- Facility finder including hours of op-

eration, phone listings, and GPS capabilities- Upcoming special events and programs

that can be added directly to your calendar- Outdoor Recreation and Capital Cove

Marina equipment and boat rentals- Full dining facility menus- Quick links to the Navy-Air Force Half

Marathon and Navy 5 Miler website, CNICJBAB website, Naval District Washington(NDW) Facebook page and the current edi-tion of the 411 magazine

- Facility and Event Photos- Push notifications to alert users with

the most current information.

Mordecai Booth’s Hours ChangeMordecai Booth’s, located on the ground

floor of Building 101 on the WashingtonNavy Yard, has changed its hours. The newhours of operation are Tuesday-Friday,2:30-8:30 p.m. Come on in and enjoy thesame great service at a new time!

NSA Washington-JBAB Fleet Family and Fun

FFR/MWR Phone numbersFitness CentersWashington Navy Yard, bldg. 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-2282/2829

Information, Tickets & Travel (ITT)Ticket Office, WNY Bldg. 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-2484Travel Office, WNY Bldg. 184 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 685-8299

Food & BeverageCatering & Conference Center, WNY Bldg. 211 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-3041/4312Mordecai Booth’s Public House, WNY Bldg. 101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 678-0514

Military and Family Support CenterMFSC, JBAB Bldg. 72 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-6151MFSC, JBAB Bldg. 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 767-0450

Other Important NumbersFFR Administrative Office, WNY Bldg. 101. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-3659FFRP Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-4052MWR Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-4662MWR Marketing Department, WNY Bldg. 101. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-5912Regional Child Placement Office, JBAB Bldg. 414. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-3055Family Housing Office, JBAB Bldg. 414 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-0346Liberty Program/Center, JBAB Bldg. 72. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 685-1802Outdoor Recreation/Equipment Rental, JBAB, Bldg. 928 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 767-9136Navy Gateway Inns & Suites, JBAB, Bldg. 602 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 404-7050

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Follow NDW on Facebook and TwitterNDW has a Facebook fan page in order to

provide updated information to all NDW resi-dents, tenants, employees (military, civilian, andcontractors), and the American public.

Show your support, “Like Us,” and become a fanto see exciting news relating to the NavalDistrict Washington.www.facebook.com/NavDistWashFollow us on Twitter @navaldistwash - http://twitter.com/NavalDistWashNSAW has a Twitter page for the Washington Navy Yard to provide the public

with up-to-date operating hours of the Navy Yard portion of DC’s Riverwalk.Follow us on Twitter @WNYRiverwalk - http://twitter.com/WNYRiverwalk.

DSO Changes Walk-in HoursDefense Service Office North has changed walk-in hours to Monday, Tuesday and

Wednesday from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. DSO North is the local office for legal defenseservices. Attorneys are available to provide advice to servicemembers regarding nonju-dicial punishments, summary courts-martial, Article 138 and 1150 complaints, admin-istrative separation processing, hardship discharges and suspect’s rights. Consultationsare confidential. DSO is located onboard WNY in Building 200, Suite 1200. Servicemembers should present in uniform.

Wearing of Portable headphones, earphones, and Bluetooth devices:Thewearing of portable headphones, earphones, cellular hands-free devices, radios,

recording devices or other portable listening devices while running, jogging, walking,bicycling, skating, or skate boarding in roadways and streets interfereswith and impairsrecognition of emergency signals, alarms, announcements, and the approach of EVs.

NSAWpersonnel are advised use of these deviceswhile performing the noted activi-ties aboardNSAW fence line installations is prohibited. (TRAFFICOPNAVINST5100.12J)

Helmsmen ToastmastersWant to improve your speaking and leadership skills? Come to Helmsmen Toast-

masters! Join us Thursdays,7:30-8:45 a.m., at the Pentagon Library and ConferenceCenter (PLCC). Toastmasters is an international organization that helps everyonespeak, think, lead and listen better. For more info, contact Annika L’Ecuyer (annika.lecuyer@pentagon.af.mil or 703-614-7160) or Elizabeth Femrite (elizabeth.m.femrite.civ@mail.mil or 571-256-8674). More information can be found at the HelmsmenToastmasters website, http://helmsmen.toastmastersclubs.org.

NAVY 311“NAVY 311” is the place to go for all types of information to help support Navy

military, civilian, and retiree personnel and their families. Access NAVY 311 at 1-855-NAVY-311 or (DSN) 510-NAVY-311. You can also email NAVY311@navy.mil or visitwww.NAVY311.navy.mil.

Navy Wives Clubs of AmericaThe D.C. Metro chapter of Navy Wives Clubs of America, Eleanor Roosevelt

#37, hosts meetings every second Thursday of the month to discuss and plan vol-unteer activities in the local military and civilian communities. Military spouses ofall branches are welcome to attend. For more information, email angeladowns@me.com or visit www.facebook.com/NWCA37.

PAX Clinical Counseling ServicesClinical Counseling services can directly improve the quality of life of service

members and their family by addressing the stressors facing today’s military: familyhardships, marital conflicts, parent/child issues, money concerns, frequent moves,health and environmental factors, andmany other difficulties. Make an appointmentwith a counselor by calling 301-342-4911 or 202-685-6019.

2014 Tax Assistance CenterVolunteers on board to help you file your tax return from a self-service terminal

at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB)- E-file for free directly with the IRS- Call to reserve a terminal Tue/Wed/Fri from 4 February to 15 AprilRegion Legal Service Office Naval District Washington - Legal Assistance OfficeJBAB Building 20, near Arnold Gate(202) 767-7588Tue, Wed, Fri by appointment only

New PHA Process at WNY ClinicIn attempts to alleviate the daily PHA congestion, patients will now have an ap-

pointed date and time to complete their PHA. PHAs will be scheduled through theappointments line, 202-433-3132, and the service member will be complete theirPHA on the provided date and time. PHAs will not be completed without a hard copyof the servicesmember’s medical record. The patients’ medical recordmust either bemaintained at the Branch Health Clinic Washington Navy Yard or the patient mustphysically bring in their medical record.

If you have specific questions, please direct your questions to me or the MedicalReadiness Department Leading Petty Officer, HM2 Matteson, Althea, althea.matte-son@med.navy.mil , office 202-433-6713

NDW News

By Susan D. HensonCenter for Personal and Profes-sional Development Public Affairs

The Center for Personal and ProfessionalDevelopment (CPPD) is asking Sailors tosubmit their Navy Tuition Assistance (TA)requests – and now would be good -- saidthe director of Navy Voluntary Education(VOLED) March 3.

According to Ernest D’Antonio, CPPD’sVOLED program director, the expenditurerate for TA funding is currently below nor-mal levels, which means there’s more fund-ing available than usual at this time of theyear. “We use historical ‘burn rates’ as aguide for allocating TA funding throughoutthe year,” he said. “We plan really well forroutine years. After furloughs and a govern-ment shutdown, Fiscal Year 2014 (FY-14)hasn’t been a routine year,” he said.

Lt. Cmdr. Mark Wadsworth, director ofCPPD Support Site Saufley Field in Pensaco-la, Fla., leads the team that monitors CPPD’sNavy TA spending. He said FY-14 TA execu-tion is currently trailing FY-13’s executionrate by just over $6 million year-to-date.

“We think a variety of things influencedour being below the TA budget right now.Our execution rate dropped in October withthe government shutdown and that’s carriedthrough the year,” he said. “The usage ratesteadily increased in November and Decem-ber. But then it dropped back down in Janu-ary, probably due to uncertainty with thefederal budget. Although we have fundingnow, the usage rate hasn’t increased signifi-cantly since then. Sailors need to understandthat their education benefits reset each year,and unused amounts don’t carry over.”

D’Antonio said, “We want Sailors to con-tinue to pursue their education and submittheir TA requests – we work hard to allocateevery TA dollar available to give Sailors themost opportunities to use their TA fundingallotment for each fiscal year.”

He said more than 25,000 Sailors haveused TA benefits so far this fiscal year andemphasized that a Sailor’s command is an

important part of TA authorizations becausethey’re the first step in the process after aSailor submits a request. “It’s each com-mand’s responsibility to ensure their Sail-ors are aware of and meet all relevant TApolicies, are comfortable with their Sailors’ability to complete a requested course, andprocess each Sailor’s TA request promptly,”he said.

“A command approver can review aSailor’s request and deny it if all Navy re-quirements aren’t met, if the Sailor’s per-formance isn’t up to standards, or if thecommand’s mission might not permit theSailor to complete the course. Ultimately,it’s the commanding officer’s decision,”said D’Antonio. He also recommended eachcommand approver continually review theSailor’s education progress.

“Our biggest reason for disapproval ofTA requests is they aren’t received fromthe Sailor’s command approver prior tothe course start date, as required by DODinstruction. Often when we review a TA re-quest, a Sailor may be missing some of theTA prerequisites such as a current educationcounseling by a Navy College Office (NCO)or Virtual Education Center (VEC) coun-selor, or an individual education plan or de-gree plan on file, or missing a grade from apast course,” he said.

VOLED professionals work with Sailorsto get the requirements in on time, but ifthe Sailor’s account is incomplete or not up-dated before the course start date, they areunable to fund the TA request, D’Antoniosaid. “So I repeat this message constantly:30 days prior to the course start date is nottoo soon for Sailors to submit their TA re-quest. In fact, a TA application can be sub-mitted a year before the actual class startdate, which will help ensure the Sailor’s TArequest is funded and allows us to bettermanage expenditures.”

D’Antonio also stressed that Sailorsshould work closely with an NCO or VECcounselor to help them reach their educa-

Tuition AssistanceProgram Funds

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U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nicholas A. Groesch

Gil Williams, director of the Navy College Site, reviews college degree re-quirements with Airman Marti Gardea, from Delano, Calif., assigned to theaircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), at the Navy College. Gardeais one of many Ronald Reagan Sailors taking advantage of the Navy Col-lege Program. Ronald Reagan is homeported in Bremerton, Wash., whileundergoing a docked planned incremental availability maintenance periodat Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility.

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Pacific Theater, which now comprises morethan 100 million square miles and morethan half the Earth’s surface.

It is “the most authoritative source onthe Pacific War available anywhere,” saidNaval War College Historian Douglas Smith.“Making the document public allows for abetter understanding and context of theunique value and consequence of the U.S.Navy, and Nimitz’s approach in directingthe Pacific campaign.”

Its pages fragile after decades of storage,the collection would largely be inacces-sible. The digitization, conducted gingerly,makes the holding available worldwide toresearchers, naval history enthusiasts, andSailors interested in their naval heritage. Asthe Navy continues to re-balance towardthe Asia-Pacific region in accordance withthe Defense Strategic Guidance, the GrayBook offers unique insight into this pivotaloperational period.

“I think it’s immensely valuable for peo-ple to see how it was done,” said Cressman.

“You’re getting a fly-on-the-wall approachto how decisions were made and how thewar was fought.”

The Naval War College Foundationfunded the endeavor, which started inAugust 2012. The documents have beenscanned before, but the higher-qualityscans offer researchers, scholars and en-thusiasts a better way to search throughthe tome. The Naval History and HeritageCommand directly supported the digitiza-tion effort, and is actively remediating itsarchival holdings and facilities to safeguardthem, and ultimately to make them safelyaccessible to improve future naval under-standing and decision-making.

The Gray Book was declassified in 1972.To see it, visit www.usnwc.edu/Graybook.

The Naval History and Heritage Com-mand, located at the Washington Navy Yard,is responsible for the preservation, analysis,and dissemination of U.S. Naval history andheritage. It is composed of many activitiesincluding the Navy Department Library,the Navy Archives, the Navy art and artifactcollections, underwater archaeology, Navyhistory, nine museums, USS Constitutionrepair facility and the historic ship Nautilus.

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tional goals. “The VOLED team is here tohelp, bottom line. Our job is to work withSailors, inform them about options, provideimpartial counseling and point out avenuesfor Sailors to pursue their life-long educa-tional and credentialing goals.”

According to CPPD Commanding Offi-cer Capt. John Newcomer, Navy leaders arecommitted to providing Sailors with vol-untary education opportunities. “We knowthat educated Sailors are strong performers

with well-developed critical thinking skillsand the ability to make informed decisions.A college degree is an investment in a Sailorand a contributing factor in Navy missionaccomplishment.”

For more information about the Cen-ter for Personal and Professional Devel-opment (CPPD), visit: https://www.netc.navy.mil/centers/cppd/. For more newsfrom the Center for Personal and Profes-sional Development, visit: www.navy.mil/local/voledpao/. Find CPPD on Facebookat https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cen-ter-for-Personal-and-Professional-Devel-opment/100056459206 and on Twitter @CENPERSPROFDEV.

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make sure every Sailor knows the resourcesavailable to them.

The NMCRS offers a range of programsbeyond emergency loans, including fi-nancial counseling, education assistance,health education and post-combat support,child budgeting, disaster relief, emergencytravel funding, and access to thrift shops.By using a workforce composed mostly of

volunteers, most contributions go back toservice members and their families.

Rear Adm. Mark Rich, commandant, Na-val District Washington, and Maj. Gen. JuanAyala, commanding general, Marine CorpsInstallation Command, are co-chairing thisyear’s regional fund drive, working with in-stallation coordinators to ensure the mean-ingful impact is spread through the NCR.

For more information on the Navy-Ma-rine Corps Relief Society and how to donate,visit www.nmcrsfunddrive.org.

Mass Communications Specialist 2ndClass Pedro Rodriguez, NDW Public Affairs,contributed to this article.

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saving energy and accomplishing the mis-sion should not be opposing forces.

“Energy efficiency really is almost syn-onymous with mission readiness,” Vogelsaid. Missions are actually negatively af-fected more often by energy lost throughimproper maintenance or malfunctioningsystems, he added.

Vogel, Ortega-Ortiz, and a handful ofstaff work behind the scenes every dayacross the installation to regulate energyusage and promote new initiatives despitedealing with an overall shortage in keystaff positions.

Without dedicated building energy mon-itors keeping track of individual facilities aswith some other installations, personnel al-ready working in buildings at NSA Bethesdahave been tasked with keeping Ortega-Ortizand the energy team informed of issues.

“We have creatively found a way to gar-ner the support as an additional duty, be-cause our personnel actually believe in theprogram,” said Ortega-Ortiz. “It’s also re-warding because we’ve been able to lever-age that positive behavioral attitude fromour personnel at every single level.”

While training those individuals on howto adequately respond to building issues isa good step forward, Vogel said filling theempty vital positions with skilled energy,design, utilities and operations managersis important to making the installation runmore smoothly overall without overtaxingfacilities’ staff members with extra duties.

After attending the 2013 Energy Week atNSA Bethesda last fall, several industry ven-dors expressed interest in testing out a newtraining course for energy staff in NDW, atno cost.

“The training will enable us to producemeaningful energy information, in addi-tion to the maintenance and operationalimprovements, that we can then use to helpencourage the behavioral changes that theculture pillar is all about,” said Vogel. “If wecan show people how much they are reallysaving—I think that’s a big win.”

Ortega-Ortiz said education is the key topromoting a positive culture and behaviorfor everyone.

“We need to make our military and civil-ian personnel smarter about energy over-all,” he said. “It’s not just within the fence-line; it’s how we’re utilizing energy outsideof the fenceline, too. It’s how we’re usingenergy at home. So the education that we’reputting in place at the installation is some-thing they can go back and utilize at homeas well.”

Beyond the easy fixes, communicationwith leadership and long-range planningon funding and support help to stimulatecritical thinking about projects with longerreturns on investment.

“We need to think creatively not onlyabout how we finance these projects, butalso from energy security and indepen-dence, we need to look at sound investmentswhere we are providing energy smarter toour installation,” Ortega-Ortiz said. “We allhave different challenges at different instal-lations, but we all work together.”

While educating personnel to changeculture and achieve the goals outlined in theNDW energy policy is a long process, Vogeltakes it one day at a time.

“Energy culture, for me right now, is justdoing our jobs well,” he said. “We’re startingby looking in the mirror and seeing what weneed to do better, and that’s where we see agreat deal of opportunity.”

Editor’s Note: This article is the second ofa 5-part series on energy in NDW.

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